Strip-Till Farmer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at the grower's world from the lofty digital realm. Here is our favorite content from the past week from across the web:

Inside the Strip-Till Soil Health Bus Tour

Crystal McKinzie recaps the Southeast Minnesota Soil Health Bus tour in this Faribault Daily News article. The three-day trip culminated with a stop at the 2026 National Strip-Tillage Conference in Springfield, Ill. “This trip was about more than attending a conference,” said organizer Alan Kraus. “It was about bringing farmers together to learn from each other, hear from experts and see what other producers are trying on their farms. The goal was for everyone to return home with ideas they can evaluate and potentially put into practice.”

Southeast Minnesota farmers and agricultural professionals gather for a group photo during the 2026 National Strip-Till Conference in Springfield, Illinois.

Dry Conditions Could Lead to ‘Wildly Uneven Yields’ for Michigan Strip-Tiller

Strip-till is helping Scott Miller save big bucks this growing season, even in the face of dry conditions. “It does make sense to till and fertilize for just the area of the seed, and not the full width,” Miller said. “It’s fuel savings. It’s conservation that saves the soil and prevents erosion.” Miller discusses the benefits of strip-till and some of the challenges he’s facing this summer in the latest Farm Progress Field Check.

Strip-Till Pioneer Receives Hall of Fame Honor

Ricky Brown, who helped develop one of the first strip-till units in 1972 with Leo and Jerril Hardin, was inducted into the Farm Equipment Shortline Legends Hall of Fame this month. Although Brown Mfg. eventually moved away from producing the equipment, selling the patent to Bush Hog Corp. in 1981, the work helped lay the foundation for modern strip-till practices. “We were the pioneers,” Ricky says. “You can always tell the pioneer because he’s the guy with his face in the mud and the arrow in his back.” Read more about Brown’s journey in this Farm Equipment feature.

Shortline Legends Hall of Fame - Ricky Brown

Strip-Tilling with the MegaStripper

Eight years after building a 32-row strip-till “beast,” Greg Vermeersch says the MegaStripper has become one of the most efficient pieces of equipment at VanMeer Farms — but that doesn’t mean the farm is finished tinkering with it. In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Soil School, Vermeersch takes a closer look at the home-built strip-till unit at the Courtland, Ont., farm and shares what his team has learned about strip tillage, fertility placement, cover crops and where the machine could still be improved.

3 Farmers Competing on Survivor Season 51

Here’s a fun one. Lewis is an Irish farmer living in Puerto Rico and he's just one of three different farmers who will be part of the 51st season of Survivor, which starts in just a few weeks. It will be interesting to see if one of these 3 farmers can outwit the rest of the contestants and become the champion of Survivor 51.

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